How time flies so fast. I remember 2 years ago, same month, when I started this blog. We were just merely a dreamer before preparing for our immigration applications. Then with the help from up above, all went well with our papers and successfully landed in our chosen province, New Brunswick, in 2016. And guess what, we are now happily celebrating our amazing one year here in Canada.
So much had happen in the last 12 months. It was like a roller coaster ride. There were ups and downs but we are thankful there are more ups than downs in our settlement. The down side is just a lesson learned and purely noises. God has been very good to us in providing us so much blessings and guidance.
I really like the part where we just go in and out of a clinic and in the hospital with no out of pocket payments to do and we just show our NB medicare. This for me is the best part of being here. Why? It is because my husband and I did so many check ups, procedures and a surgery amounting to roughly half a million Philippine peso in our country but whatever cost in Canadian dollar this is where all covered by our NB medicare. Read my TTC Blog. We did pay a little of our medication since it is an infertility drug but only 20% of it because our UPS manulife health insurance covers 80% of it. I so love it because I know we are closer in realizing our ultimate dream on why we came here in Canada and that is solely for little R.
In terms of career, my husband and I are both doing good with it thereby saving for us and more for our little R, LOL. Actually, little R has more savings than us because we decided to open an account for him/her. We know education is free here from elementary to high school but going to a university is not, thus, the savings.
Coming here also gives us the chance to send monthly family support for both our parents. Helping our parents is our second priority when we decided to come here especially that they are all in their senior years. And since we are now 1 year, we can now help our siblings to come here also under priority 1 of New Brunwsick's provincial nominee program. So sweet. It just means that as we climb the ladder up so will our respective families.
One dream, one leap of faith and too many relevant result in just taking that dream into reality. You may tell us that we are just lucky but no. Dreaming for our future is not bad it will in fact give you motivation to strive to make that dream possible. The bad comes out when you do not do anything to achieve that dream. We were once a dreamer but look where we are now.
Immigrating to Canada is not easy. It is indeed a very hard process and it entails money but I believe we can do something about the money part. Doing the process is another story because of documentations but for me for as long as you read and join in immigration forum then somehow the process will be easy. Once you landed, always put your feet on the ground and never compare yourselves to other. Also, learn to pay it forward, it is where the blessings comes back to you thousand fold. Most especially, learn to set your goals, you will never go wrong with it.
Of course, above anything else, lots and lots and lots of prayer from up above. We have to do the hard work to make our dream come through and gain mercy from our Father God. After all, He sees every hard work that we do and you will never know He already granted your prayer or dream just like what He did to us. Keep on dreaming and praying and God will do the rest.
Thank you again NBPNP EELMS and New Brunswick for making Canada as our second home. Above all, thank you Father God for helping us come here, for making our dream one step closer to becoming parents to little R. We continue to pray for that one most precious perfect time when you finally bless us with our Canada dream, our little R.
